Orbitally Attached Heat Shield - Stupid Problems & "Solutions" - Kerbal Space Program

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  • @Danny2462
    @Danny2462  3 ปีที่แล้ว +498

    I recorded this stuff in FEBRUARY on stream, and I decided to finally figure out how to edit it this month! Well it took the ENTIRE DAMN MONTH! It's a new series! If this first episode is not up to par, forgive me. I already have footage for another episode, though that won't be my next video. I hope you enjoyed this somewhat different thing!
    TH-cam INFO & PATREON THANKS:
    I thought the January ad crash sucked, how about ad rates falling by 33% due to what's going on in the world?
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  • @SWDennis
    @SWDennis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1386

    You should always try spinning, that's a good trick.

    • @thatguybrody4819
      @thatguybrody4819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      it worked for a little while.

    • @MonzaniaStrike
      @MonzaniaStrike 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Why did I think of you Dennis as soon as he said that...

    • @BiggestNoodle
      @BiggestNoodle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yep,Anakin Told us:WALK BAD SPIN GOOD

    • @8-bitato
      @8-bitato 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh it is yoda himself

    • @thefaceonthemoon.4691
      @thefaceonthemoon.4691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I found out this trick on my own, turns out in some cases real spacecraft would do that.

  • @PangolinMontanari
    @PangolinMontanari 3 ปีที่แล้ว +600

    Danny: "I have a problem for this solution!"

    • @joedingo7022
      @joedingo7022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      This man just created the spacecraft equivalent of the forward assist.

  • @Blarnix
    @Blarnix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +352

    KSP: “It’s not possible to attach a heat shield after assembly!” Danny2462: “No, it’s necessary.”

    • @airor9874
      @airor9874 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Come on mechjeb!

    • @avi8aviate
      @avi8aviate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Just press enter to make a new line when typing comments...
      ...like this, for example.
      Pretty neat, huh?

    • @franchufranchu119
      @franchufranchu119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well, this didn't age well with 1.11

    • @Hackerhunter15
      @Hackerhunter15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      No no, Danny is the reason we have 1.11, he's a genius.

    • @namedtruman
      @namedtruman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1.11:

  • @petersmythe6462
    @petersmythe6462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +484

    Stupid problems require stupid solutions.

    • @otisbedford5720
      @otisbedford5720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was gonna say that

    • @Briskyyy
      @Briskyyy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Stupid problems require *even stupider* solutions

    • @camerondeatcher9668
      @camerondeatcher9668 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stupid solutions require stupid problems.

  • @Oliolli3
    @Oliolli3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    3:50
    Jebediah Kerman: "WITNESS ME!"
    Immortan Danny: "BAH! SUBOPTIMAL!"

  • @mildlyfocusedgamer27
    @mildlyfocusedgamer27 3 ปีที่แล้ว +411

    THE KING HAS RETURNED
    *_i need to sign my death certificate._*

  • @Number_055
    @Number_055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    It's never been a secret that you're really good at KSP. Glad you're showing it off fully now.

  • @benjaminli188
    @benjaminli188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    "Modern problems require modern solutions"
    Danny2462: Yeah, but I'd prefer if it were a little *dumber.*

    • @mjtwomail
      @mjtwomail 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He needs to dumb it down a little for those of us who are not nada certified (ref. to his how to helicopter video)

  • @karii2145
    @karii2145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Ah yes, the fabled heat shield saga.

  • @swordman8959
    @swordman8959 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    This was beautiful, please make this a series. I beg of you.

  • @rodent5431
    @rodent5431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This is the content I wish TH-cam would recommend me more

  • @Whalefire2
    @Whalefire2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    god damn the editing on this is high class.

  • @hedgehog3180
    @hedgehog3180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I was thinking that it would probably be fine without a heatshield and then the moment you put up the "this is fine" comic I realized that it wasn't.

    • @MBKill3rCat
      @MBKill3rCat 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your avatar is disgusting

    • @fellout2555
      @fellout2555 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MBKill3rCat Dafuq is it? I can't tell

    • @MBKill3rCat
      @MBKill3rCat 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fellout2555 The EU flag with Danish flags inside it I think

    • @xX_Pokeman_Xx
      @xX_Pokeman_Xx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MBKill3rCat Isn't Denmark apart of the EU though?

    • @phantomaviator1318
      @phantomaviator1318 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MBKill3rCat it got worse

  • @user-mw9zp5cv4e
    @user-mw9zp5cv4e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    This is actually a smart solution. In theory you can even add an engine to the shield craft and re-use it many many times

    • @redbird1f873
      @redbird1f873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It needs a bit of polish.

    • @thearkmecha4637
      @thearkmecha4637 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mudkip909 does the ten meter shield have ablator?

    • @user-mw9zp5cv4e
      @user-mw9zp5cv4e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Mudkip909 It depletes extremely slow, AFAIK

    • @ENCHANTMEN_
      @ENCHANTMEN_ ปีที่แล้ว

      I imagine in the far future if we have efficient enough engines, we might do interplanetary deliveries by having "throwers" that accelerate a payload, decouple, and then turn around and return before leaving the planet's SOI, along with "catchers" that match orbit and dock with an incoming payload, then burn retrograde to capture it.
      This wouldn't save any delta v (in fact it would waste a ton of it), but would allow a single engine to transport many payloads since it wouldn't have downtime during the trip. The payloads could then be little more than a bulk cargo container with basic attitude control and an antenna

  • @rosengrenj9
    @rosengrenj9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Can we just appreciate how friggin' cool Danny's spaceships look???

  • @aviatorjames512
    @aviatorjames512 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Like the great Batman once said:
    “First try”

    • @Al-Mokadimah
      @Al-Mokadimah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Only legends can do it in multiple first trys. lol

    • @HoneyMochi
      @HoneyMochi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Al-Mokadimah WORKS ALL THE TIME! most of the time.

  • @Pyxis10
    @Pyxis10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Oh come on Danny you don't need heatsheilds.
    They got back to kerbin, as fine charred dust and smattering of debris. That counts right?

  • @-ragingpotato-937
    @-ragingpotato-937 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The editing on this one was on point!

  • @halfofabucket1346
    @halfofabucket1346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Have enough fuel? I've got plenty with the FUEL EXPLOITER you invented!

  • @Ion115
    @Ion115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    3:30
    "We still have a half of the ship!"
    3:52
    "Another happy landing."
    4:01
    "I'll try spinning - that's a good trick!"

    • @CathrineMacNiel
      @CathrineMacNiel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The good Elephant Airship dropped what things?

  • @0d1ty
    @0d1ty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    So this is how nasa tests their rockets they have
    They have Danny test to see if it’s Danny proof

  • @8is
    @8is 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    "Try spinning, that's a good trick"

    • @Mystickrage
      @Mystickrage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You know evenly cook everything maybe by a few thousand meters

  • @nefferaux9587
    @nefferaux9587 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    could you please, PLEASE, make this a regular series, i love it.

  • @t65bx25
    @t65bx25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    God, this channel hasn’t aged a day.

  • @natesky6603
    @natesky6603 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Danny, you truly are a genius.
    Great content, always happy to see you in my feed

  • @firstnamelastname-we8lr
    @firstnamelastname-we8lr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so helpful! I kept running into this exact problem and had no idea what to do. Now, I know!

  • @bobcat2840
    @bobcat2840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    THE RETURN OF THE KING

  • @an0nym0usguy49
    @an0nym0usguy49 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This should be entire series

  • @phillipminer3554
    @phillipminer3554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Suggestion: recreate the Felix Baumgartner jump with a Kerbal

  • @gibbyace5077
    @gibbyace5077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love the editing!

  • @Sleeper_Legend
    @Sleeper_Legend 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a very sick looking spaceplane you made NGL

  • @Alyxandeyr
    @Alyxandeyr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I unironically love this idea. Keeping heatshields in orbit to deorbit large vessels, or to save on vessel complexity. Just launch the heat shields on a different rocket.
    Some assembly required.
    This is my new favorite trick lol

    • @attack125
      @attack125 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      you're forgetting the part where you have to match speed with the heat shield assembly in order to dock with it.
      wich means it's litterally going to be impossible to make it make sence for a mission.
      the heat shield can't orbit back and forth between 2 planets. so whatever orbit it's in (either in orbit around kerbin. or in orbit around the star on the same orbit as kerbin). your space ship is going to have to have the delta-v to match it. wich would offweigh the benifits of lithobreaking in the first place.
      but if it's in orbit around kerbin then you have already achieved capture.
      if it's in orbit around the star. then you might need years and years of time warping or twice the delta-v you would have needed to LAND. to even get back close enoegh to kerbin to aerobrake.

  • @LittleMikeStarCraft
    @LittleMikeStarCraft 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think the catching upto it, and docking to it while it is at interplanetary speeds is pretty awesome.

  • @WhirligigGirl
    @WhirligigGirl 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm absolutely here for more gameplay-focused videos!

  • @aafisch
    @aafisch 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    In so happy you're back Danny

  • @eekee6034
    @eekee6034 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jolly good show! XD And the Duna ship looked really good.

  • @Liam_The_Great
    @Liam_The_Great 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Danny, I have to say, this is the best video you've ever made.

  • @nachopascual96
    @nachopascual96 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The editing is on point!

  • @kalynaq7720
    @kalynaq7720 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Props for that intercept by the way. Dunno if doing it in Mun orbit makes it easier or harder but it makes "sense" to do it that way.

  • @Al-Mokadimah
    @Al-Mokadimah 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The intro alone was worth the wait :D
    It takes real skill to do it in only 5 first trys LOL.

  • @AHSEN.
    @AHSEN. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That orbital docking scene was actually really cool and I thought it was going to work XD

  • @purplexsium
    @purplexsium 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    we want more of this series

  • @sodaithink
    @sodaithink 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really cool idea!

  • @Xballawanaka
    @Xballawanaka 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is actually super cool as a design !

  • @heatshield
    @heatshield 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    nicely done

  • @rcfpena
    @rcfpena 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice series!

  • @Keatosis_Quohotos
    @Keatosis_Quohotos 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this new series

  • @Karnave
    @Karnave 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My man is back

  • @WasatchWind
    @WasatchWind 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your music is fantastic.

  • @kolinako6872
    @kolinako6872 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    that intercept next to mün was sick

  • @pyromaniacal13
    @pyromaniacal13 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was an incredible rendezvous, meeting up with something coming back from Duna in Mun's orbit! Well done, even if the main task took 5 First Tries!

  • @heacktic5175
    @heacktic5175 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This would make for an epic sci-fi short film

  • @stevengaming3689
    @stevengaming3689 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Danny is back at it again!

  • @BluedoesMusic
    @BluedoesMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:14 this is me in space engineers 99% of the time

  • @excrubulent
    @excrubulent 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    "ANTI-NOMINAL" is my new favourite phrase.

  • @Maelstr0m
    @Maelstr0m 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    this was great

  • @bumbo222
    @bumbo222 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    make this a series!

  • @edata5898
    @edata5898 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:50 This is why I always put a parachute on my spacecraft.

  • @burgerbacon1451
    @burgerbacon1451 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I needed dis!!!!!

  • @MaximusLight
    @MaximusLight 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay, to be complete fair this is similar to the issue that happen in the Martian so it's actually not a bad idea but it's also *REALLY* hard to do this because of needing to match speeds so I think Danny actually deserves some credit here.

  • @nithysomething7051
    @nithysomething7051 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i like this idea :D pls make more

  • @kaljan9891
    @kaljan9891 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    we need that... MORE

  • @TeslaNick2
    @TeslaNick2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The legend returns. I'm guessing all the glitches have finally been fixed...🤣🤣🤣
    Brilliant to see you uploading a new series dude. Thank you, I always love your videos.

  • @nuclearfilms9754
    @nuclearfilms9754 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "If it's stupid and it works, it is not stupid."
    - Sun Tzu or whatever

  • @mastershooter64
    @mastershooter64 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    now I'm 100 percent convinced that danny is actually not a human but he's a kerbal who escaped the kerbol system and came to earth, remember that ufo video released? yea that's our boi danny

  • @spamaccountlmao
    @spamaccountlmao 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    "I bet I can do this first try!"
    Top ten lines said moments before disaster

  • @j.r.7339
    @j.r.7339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I mean, you could just send a small caspsule to orbit to dock with it or...
    *This!*

  • @incrediblepony
    @incrediblepony 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Coming in hot" at its correct meaning/description

  • @matthobbs5203
    @matthobbs5203 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It may have been a solution in search of a problem but damn did you make it look good!

  • @SpaceDave-on8uv
    @SpaceDave-on8uv 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want this to be a series like Blunderbirds but with more episodes

  • @alverro5351
    @alverro5351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Danny is pretty epic ngl

  • @acidwizzardbastard
    @acidwizzardbastard 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thinking about it, Danny ought to have put some kind of heavy ballast behind the heat shield in front of the craft. Same principle as a dart. Heavy thing wants to stay in front, light thing wants to stay behind. It'd need a beast of a rocket to take it up though, even if it'd make re-entry a good bit easier. (without the whole song and dance of having to shift fuel)

  • @natwatgamer2805
    @natwatgamer2805 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don't think I didn't see the "This is fine." meme! XD

  • @jshi3
    @jshi3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The true Galaxy Fold

  • @ProGamer_69420
    @ProGamer_69420 ปีที่แล้ว

    danny, u should make the heat shield a foil wrap for the shuttle so no matter how crazy it goes, your ship will still be safe

  • @TheRealDylanTRM
    @TheRealDylanTRM 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Unnecessary stupid solution.
    I LOVE IT.

  • @daneilfranklin
    @daneilfranklin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    when an engineer can't fix a problem, he'll make his own.

  • @squeezyaction7963
    @squeezyaction7963 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    At least you're trying Danny. Most people don't bother trying :)

  • @theterminalstupidityvariet1629
    @theterminalstupidityvariet1629 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Heat shield: *fails*
    Kerbal engineers: What if we spin it like a rotisserie chicken?

    • @attack125
      @attack125 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      why are there so many people making jokes about the spinning?
      you guys realise spin stabalisation is a verry verry real thing right?

  • @majormelon8855
    @majormelon8855 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    TL;DR: Remember parachutes...
    This video actually hits home, shortly Before reentry heating was added I decided to do a mission to Gilly. It was early on in the career and I didn't have a lot of parts to work with and only enough fuel to get me back to an aero-breaking altitude. It was at this point I realized I had forgotten the parachutes... So I had to make a rendezvous craft with this monstrosity of large struts radially outward from the center to serve as makeshift airbreaks that were covered in parachutes. Let me tell you, docking this beast with a craft traveling at interplanetary speeds is fucking difficult.

  • @nou6593
    @nou6593 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love the music so much it shows that something bad is gonna happen

  • @l1ghtd3m0n3
    @l1ghtd3m0n3 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Danny? Making something that’s technically useful? Impossible.

  • @avi8aviate
    @avi8aviate 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I actually like the idea of a disposable heat shield.

  • @BowChickaHonkHonk1
    @BowChickaHonkHonk1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would it help to make the leading end heavier by stacking reaction wheels and batteries right behind the heat shield?

  • @tomassmaha4513
    @tomassmaha4513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I made special payload with little utility drone and 10 m wide heat shield. That drone was used on mission and to dock in front with the shield that sounds bit easy but no it taken 1 hour to prepare in VAB and sending refuel station into orbit. Yes you tell that's impossible because of mass but I made special mass container to the heat shield with some aerodynamic. So I had stable reentry and successful flight. It was easy because of DLC I have.

  • @iancrone2906
    @iancrone2906 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks to the new update, this is now easier!

  • @Saturn_57
    @Saturn_57 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This ia better than some cartoons!

  • @BowChickaHonkHonk1
    @BowChickaHonkHonk1 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a new player, this is the moment where I realize how incredibly far I have to go still, and how I'm utterly out of my depth with the challenges ahead...
    but I gotta say, I'm not even mad. I can't stop crying and wheezing right now.
    Best way to break bad news to me :P

  • @kabinet0
    @kabinet0 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good old danny :)

  • @maximilien6780
    @maximilien6780 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bravo ! Du premier coup ! :D

  • @ninjanolan6328
    @ninjanolan6328 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:00 I'll try spinning, that's a good trick!

  • @SuperMaajka
    @SuperMaajka 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This reminds me of one time when I forgot to put a parachute on a mun lander and still didn't have space walk and claws unlocked so I made a cage out of girders with landing legs as a door and caught the lander to bring it back safely. And then I sped up the time and lander flew out of the cage with no collision thing and then I had to catch the lander all over again during the reentry.

  • @stinker6784
    @stinker6784 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    you're back yey

  • @TheAziz
    @TheAziz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    As stupid as it was, the execution of this, catching it near the Mun last minute (the velocity difference was incredible), docking it nearly Interstellar-esque style, and saving the whole ship on first try­­™ made it more impressive than many sci-fi movies.

  • @andrewcurtin7003
    @andrewcurtin7003 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    No joke
    Ive had to do this a few times but with a parachute rig cause i keep forgetting parachutes on my landers
    This video inspired that

  • @danielcorey1658
    @danielcorey1658 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good job getting it on the first try

  • @ThePrinceoftheseas
    @ThePrinceoftheseas 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder what would of happen if you had added wings in the back so it would be a ballistic dart?

  • @gallopinggoose6891
    @gallopinggoose6891 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent Windows Startup Noise

  • @Alabar3000
    @Alabar3000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was waiting for a steeper solution lol